Chapter 113: Deputy Section Chief Ning

Upon hearing this, Li Peihang immediately chimed in: "Correct, they have already prepared everything over at the Fourth Workshop; only the final strike remains. If Wang Guoqiang really decides to jump over the wall in desperation and lash out before he leaves, the consequences would be unimaginable."

Li Weibing nodded; he had previously misjudged the importance of Ning Weidong to the Wang Family and had already taken a wrong step.

If he were to make another mistake now, it would be even harder to justify.

Li Weibing said: "Peihang, go talk to Ning Weidong directly about this situation later and see what he thinks."

Li Peihang immediately gave his assent.

Li Ge then reminded him: "Pay attention to two points: first, be quick, don't wait for them to make a move; second, remember to let him choose for himself, don't arrange it for him."

Li Peihang nodded hurriedly: "I understand."

Li Ge looked at Li Weibing again and said: "Dad, don't keep up appearances on your end either; hurry and meet with the Wang Family. The situation has changed now; if you want to land safely, you must change your tactics."

Li Weibing frowned and remained silent; looking at his determined son, a thought emerged in his heart: he was truly getting old.

"Fine, let's do that then." Suppressing the chaotic thoughts in his heart, Li Weibing waved his hand and said: "Peihang, go quickly; get the matter with Ning Weidong settled as soon as possible."

Li Peihang stood up, acknowledged the order, and hurried out.

He knew Li Weibing likely still had matters to discuss with Li Ge in private.

Although he was a nephew by blood, the difference between a nephew and a son was not insignificant.

Li Peihang didn't have any thoughts about that; he exited the Manager's Office, immediately went down to the third floor, and returned to his own Office.

After pacing around the room and sorting through the information in his mind, he immediately reached out, picked up the phone, and dialed the duty room of the Fourth Workshop: "Hello, this is Li Peihang; have Weidong come to see me."

The person who answered the phone was Liu Dong, who rushed out of the duty room and dashed toward the two-story building where the Military Representative lived.

When he arrived, Ning Weidong was talking to Tian Zhengfu in the office: "Old Tian, trial production begins tomorrow. The next three days are our most critical time; we must be strictly vigilant and ensure there are no slip-ups..."

Although they had already taken down Wang Kaifeng, giving Ning Weidong the upper hand.

But at a time like this, the most dangerous thing is to think you have won and let your guard down; if things go wrong, you could be bitten back by the enemy.

Ning Weidong was specifically guarding against such a situation; if one were to ask who Wang Guoqiang hated most and wanted to retaliate against most right now, it would certainly be Ning Weidong.

As the key figure in the whole affair, Ning Weidong was the biggest pusher behind Wang Kaifeng's downfall, which had also indirectly caused the shaking of Wang Guoqiang's foundation at the Manager.

At a time like this, Wang Guoqiang absolutely had the motive to crush Ning Weidong to vent his anger.

Ning Weidong had to prepare for the worst.

Just at this moment, Liu Dong came over and told him that Li Peihang wanted him to go over.

Upon hearing this, Ning Weidong revealed a smile, then turned to Tian Zhengfu and said: "Old Tian, I'm going over there first; don't relax on your end either. We must ensure everything is foolproof before tomorrow."

Tian Zhengfu said: "Don't worry, leave it to me."

Leaving Tian Zhengfu's place, Ning Weidong headed straight back to the Factory Office Building.

As soon as he entered, he saw a graceful figure coming down the stairs and couldn't help but chuckle; it was none other than Zhao Ruyi.

Zhao Ruyi saw him too and quickened her pace down.

She had also heard this morning that Wang Kaifeng had been taken away from his office.

While others didn't know what was going on, she knew a bit; she had participated directly in some of Ning Weidong's operations.

It was just that she hadn't expected Ning Weidong to act so quickly and ruthlessly.

He had directly severed the most important right-hand man Wang Guoqiang had at the Manager.

She had known Ning Weidong was capable before, but she hadn't expected it to reach this extent.

That was Wang Kaifeng! "How did you do it?" Zhao Ruyi didn't know Ning Weidong's final plan for dealing with Wang Kaifeng; she only knew Wang Kaifeng had been taken away.

She didn't like to use her brain much, but after all, she came from that kind of family, so she had the basic instincts.

She knew the key to this matter wasn't just arresting someone, but how to block the other party's counterattack after the arrest and keep Wang Kaifeng detained for good.

Ning Weidong was in a good mood; seeing no one around, he waited for Zhao Ruyi to approach, gave her a bear hug, and planted a kiss on her.

Zhao Ruyi was startled and almost cried out, but fearing she would attract people, she swallowed the scream at the edge of her lips.

Breaking free from Ning Weidong, she stomped her foot indignantly: "No sense of propriety! Acting like a hooligan and not even checking the place!"

Ning Weidong acted as if nothing had happened: "No one saw, did they?" He then reached over and grabbed her bottom.

Zhao Ruyi's cheeks flushed, but she didn't dodge.

At first, she had been somewhat resistant to the arranged marriage with Ning Weidong, and later, because Ning Weidong had caught her in a compromising position, she felt somewhat forced to submit.

But now, seeing Ning Weidong's response and performance in the face of this crisis, she had silently accepted the fact that Ning Weidong would be her husband.

This transformation stemmed from two factors; the initial leverage he had over her only offset the psychological advantage she had over Ning Weidong due to her superior background.

Just because of that, it was impossible to develop affection.

The so-called Stockholm Syndrome relies most crucially on the "power" that forces the other party to submit.

In normal relationships between men and women, for a man to win a woman's favor, the most fundamental thing is to display his "power" attributes.

For example, height and appearance, speech and demeanor, knowledge and cultivation, work position... ultimately, it all comes down to displaying your power.

When your power is higher than other competitors, you will naturally be chosen by the opposite sex.

As for being good to "her," that is just the most insignificant seasoning; otherwise, there wouldn't be "simps."

And this time, Ning Weidong had truly and concretely displayed his power to Zhao Ruyi.

Not only that, Ning Weidong had also let her see how he used that power.

Because Zhao Ruyi's background meant she had seen many people with various power attributes, which were not scarce in her social circle.

But most people, while possessing power, didn't know how to use it, or used it very clumsily.

It's like a gun; some can hit the bullseye from a hundred paces, while others shoot wildly in every direction.

This time, Ning Weidong's performance was quite stunning, allowing Zhao Ruyi to find some shadows of her father and eldest brother in him.

At this moment, footsteps came from upstairs.

Ning Weidong stopped while he was ahead; he didn't linger, but with a mischievous grin, he winked at Zhao Ruyi and hurried upstairs.

Arriving at the landing above, he happened to see someone coming down the stairs, who turned out to be an old acquaintance.

Seeing Ning Weidong, Feng Wen could not help but freeze, his heart filled with a complex mix of emotions.

When he first met Ning Weidong, Ning Weidong was still at the West Gate, coming to the Office Building to find Li Peihang.

At the time, he felt the other party was acting suspiciously and even came out of the Office to interrogate him.

Back then, the status of the two was as different as clouds and mud.

But who would have thought that in just half a month, the situation would have completely changed.

Ning Weidong was first temporarily transferred to the Office Building because of Liu Xinwen's case, and then immediately became a colleague in the same Office as him.

This already made Feng Wen feel resentful; why was it that Ning Weidong was a peasant just a few days ago, and now he was on equal footing with him?

And what surprised him even more was that Ning Weidong hadn't stayed in the Office for many days before he went to the Fourth Workshop.

This time he wasn't jealous, but rather gloating.

Feng Wen knew that the Fourth Workshop was a big pit, one that Wang Kaifeng had dug for Ning Weidong himself.

As long as Ning Weidong stepped into it, he would at least lose half his life.

However, just as he was preparing to watch the show, he didn't expect Ning Weidong to counterattack directly, go to the Fourth Workshop, break the situation instantly, take control of the duty room in a snap, and then immediately contact the Military Representative at the Manager...

In the end, with a series of dazzling operations, he sent Wang Kaifeng straight inside.

This morning, when Wang Kaifeng was taken away, Feng Wen was not in the Office Building.

Later, after learning the situation, he rushed back, only to see Wang Kaifeng being shoved into a car in handcuffs.

The impact of this scene on him was truly too great.

All along, Wang Kaifeng had been like a "wise star" in his heart; it was precisely because of Wang Kaifeng's assistance that Wang Guoqiang was able to catch up from behind and firmly suppress the old Factory Director, Li Weibing.

Yet at this moment, Wang Kaifeng had actually been arrested.

Feng Wen panicked on the spot; he didn't know what had happened, and even less did he know what to do.

And this was precisely the reason Ning Weidong decided to take action against Wang Kaifeng.

Wang Kaifeng was too important to the faction of the Vice Factory Director.

Except for a few important confidants, most of the branches of the Vice Factory Director's faction were connected through Wang Kaifeng.

Now that something had happened to Wang Kaifeng, these people immediately panicked.

Feng Wen's situation was not an isolated case.

Coupled with the fact that after Wang Kaifeng's incident, Wang Guoqiang immediately wanted to save him, it made these people even more anxious. "Big Feng!" Ning Weidong greeted him with a smile.

Feng Wen's expression stiffened for a moment, and he squeezed out a rigid smile: "Ning... Ning..."

But he didn't know how to address him properly.

Calling him by his name directly was certainly inappropriate; after all, Ning Weidong calling him "Big Feng" was still intimate, and including the word "Big" could be considered respectful.

To call him "Little Ning" would be a bit presumptuous.

It would have been fine in the Office before, but now... Ning Weidong had just brought down Wang Kaifeng.

Who would dare to call Ning Weidong "Little" Ning?

Calling him "Officer Ning" was also not quite right.

Seeing that he hadn't managed to "Ning" anything after a long time, Ning Weidong smiled and stepped forward.

Feng Wen's gaze followed Ning Weidong's figure.

Zhao Ruyi had seen this scene the whole time, and a flash of brilliance crossed her beautiful eyes.

She knew Feng Wen; he used to be a figure in the Manager, backed by Wang Kaifeng.

Now, in front of Ning Weidong, he was stammering.

Thinking that he was her man, Zhao Ruyi curled her lips in a smile, feeling wonderful inside.

Meeting Zhao Ruyi and Feng Wen on the stairs was just a small interlude.

Ning Weidong followed the stairs to the third floor, passing the first Office by the stairwell.

As usual, the door was still open, and Chen and Wen Aiying were both inside.

Wen Aiying was reading a magazine, completely focused.

As for Chen, when Ning Weidong passed the door, he glanced over inadvertently and happened to lock eyes with Ning Weidong.

Ning Weidong nodded, did not stop, walked straight past, and arrived in front of Li Peihang's Office door.

He glanced diagonally across; that was Wang Kaifeng's Office, which already had white seals posted on it.

Ning Weidong withdrew his gaze, raised his hand to knock on the door, and called out at the same time: "Brother Li."

Rapid footsteps immediately came from inside the room; Li Peihang did not say "come in," but came to open the door himself.

Seeing Ning Weidong outside the door, he immediately beamed: "Brother, you've finally come!"

Ning Weidong entered the room, was pulled by Li Peihang to sit on the sofa, and said with a smile: "Brother Li, looking at your expression, you must be in high spirits because of a happy event~ Has the official appointment for Deputy Division Chief come down?"

Li Peihang froze for a moment, waved his hand and said: "How could it be that fast? It's about your matter."

"My matter?" Ning Weidong appeared surprised, but he had known in his heart for a long time.

With things having developed to this point, unless Li Weibing was truly senile, he would definitely want to pull him out of the Fourth Workshop and actively protect him.

If he were to let Ning Weidong continue to stay in the Fourth Workshop, in case Wang Guoqiang fought like a trapped beast and insisted on taking revenge on Ning Weidong, Li Weibing would truly be like the Pigsy looking in the mirror—not a human on either side.

Therefore, for Li Weibing, Ning Weidong must not have any more accidents.

Ning Weidong said: "I wonder what arrangements Factory Director Li has for me?"

Li Peihang chuckled and said: "My uncle said, let you choose for yourself."

Ning Weidong narrowed his eyes; Li Weibing having this attitude was not bad.

However, this was not Li Weibing's charity, but something he had fought for with his own strength, something he had traded Wang Kaifeng for.

There is no need for gratitude, and even less need for formalities.

Ning Weidong leaned back on the sofa, feeling at ease as he thought it over; in truth, he had already made up his mind, and he said with composure, "Since that is the case, I will respectfully decline your modesty. Now that Wang Kaifeng has fallen and you, Brother Li, are presiding over the work, the next step will certainly be a promotion to Deputy Division Chief. Once you are presiding over the overall situation of the division, you won't be able to attend to this current workload, so I shall take it on without false modesty..."

Li Peihang was not the least bit displeased; just as Ning Weidong said, once he was promoted to Deputy Division Chief and presiding over the overall work, it would not be so easy.

The workload currently at hand would certainly be impossible to manage, so transferring it to Ning Weidong was a decent arrangement; it could be considered keeping the benefits within one's own circle.

Li Peihang nodded: "That is no problem, but brother... you must hurry with that Correspondence Secondary Specialized School education; only with a diploma can you get your Cadre Status processed. Otherwise, remaining a Worker-turned-Cadre is not a long-term solution."

Speaking of this, Li Peihang lowered his voice slightly and reminded him: "I have heard rumors from above that there will be a major crackdown on Workers-turned-Cadres next year."

Ning Weidong knew he was not just fear-mongering.

Currently, in various places, especially in factory and mining enterprises, the situation regarding Workers-turned-Cadres was in great chaos; there were not only the current ones but also those left over from history, and it would certainly be thoroughly rectified.

Ning Weidong nodded: "Don't worry, Brother Li, I know the gravity of the situation; the Secondary Specialized School Diploma will definitely be in hand this summer."

Li Peihang was somewhat surprised by Ning Weidong's certainty; although the difficulty of correspondence exams was relatively lower than formal exams, if he remembered correctly, Ning Weidong had only just signed up, and passing it directly by summer would not be easy.

However, this was not something he needed to worry about; he had only mentioned it just now to remind Ning Weidong about the news regarding 'Workers-turned-Cadres' and to do him a favor.

As for whether Ning Weidong listened or could actually pass the exam, he did not particularly care.

He continued: "Additionally, Weidong, your age is an issue; you haven't started a family yet, so promoting you directly to Section Chief..."

Ning Weidong said: "Brother Li, you don't need to be troubled, I understand."

Li Peihang let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Then let's start from Deputy Section Chief. Rest assured, the Section Chief position is reserved for you; hurry up and get that diploma, and once you transition into a formal Cadre next year, you will definitely be a full Section Chief within two years at most." Speaking of this, he couldn't help but click his tongue and pat Ning Weidong on the shoulder: "Brother, a full Section Chief under twenty-five is a rare sight in our entire system!"

Ning Weidong laughed, not taking the big promise Li Peihang made to heart.

Although the rank of a full Section Chief in the Manager is the same, compared to the Ministry and local levels, it still lacks substance.

However, Ning Weidong did not care about that; his age after transmigrating was too young, only twenty-one at most, so giving him a Deputy Section Chief position was already an exception.

After finishing this topic, Li Peihang said again: "By the way, how should we arrange things over at the Fourth Workshop? What are your thoughts?"

Just now in Li Weibing's Office, Li Ge had specifically insisted on hearing Ning Weidong's opinion.

Li Peihang did not discount it at all.

Especially regarding the Fourth Workshop, transferring Ning Weidong out of there and directly back to the Office Building as a Deputy Section Chief meant that no matter what happened over there, it could not be linked to Ning Weidong.

But the Fourth Workshop was, after all, related to an important project from the higher-ups, so it could not be left unattended.

Ning Weidong said: "Brother Li, since I am coming out of there, how about letting Lu Zhou take over? What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Li Peihang pondered for a moment, his eyes lighting up: "Letting Lu Zhou go~ this is a brilliant move! Fine, we'll do as you say."

Anyone with a discerning eye in the Manager knew that Lu Zhou was Wang Kaifeng's man.

Now that Ning Weidong was leaving and handing the Fourth Workshop over to Lu Zhou, it would inevitably lead to many speculations.

Ning Weidong wore a smile; indeed, no matter the time, to stand tall, one must rely on strength.

If he hadn't toppled Wang Kaifeng, would Li Peihang be this polite to him?

Next, the two talked about other things, and it was nearly an hour before Ning Weidong left Li Peihang's Office.

After coming out, Ning Weidong went straight to find Lu Zhou.

As a Security Officer, Lu Zhou also had an office in the Office Building, but he usually didn't stay there.

Ning Weidong went through some trouble to find out he was at the South Gate, made a phone call, and summoned him back.

After making the call, Ning Weidong went straight downstairs and saw Lu Zhou emerging from the South Gate guard room with his signature deadpan face.

He also saw Ning Weidong and immediately quickened his pace, jogging over to him.

At this moment, Lu Zhou's heart was quite conflicted.

Originally, he had been arranged by Wang Kaifeng, who wanted him to use the incident with Xu Jinshan to infiltrate Ning Weidong's side.

However, he had his own thoughts.

Previously, Wang Kaifeng had made many big promises to him, but none had been realized; Lu Zhou was just deadpan, not brain-dead.

He had long seen that Wang Kaifeng was just stalling him, but he had no choice.

But this time, after interacting with Ning Weidong a few times, he realized this might be an opportunity.

Lu Zhou had not truly executed Wang Kaifeng's plan; anyway, if you fool me, I will fool you.

It was just that he hadn't expected Ning Weidong to act so quickly and ruthlessly.

Early this morning, hearing that Wang Kaifeng had been arrested, Lu Zhou was truly shocked.

Wang Kaifeng had actually lost! Until just now, upon learning that Ning Weidong had called for him, he felt even more apprehensive, not knowing if it was a blessing or a curse.

"You were looking for me." When Lu Zhou reached him, his attitude was vastly different from before.

Now that Wang Kaifeng had fallen into Ning Weidong's hands, he dared not be arrogant anymore.

Ning Weidong patted him on the shoulder with a chuckle and got straight to the point: "Old Lu, I have a task, do you want to take it?" — I had a small surgery at the hospital, it's not a big problem, and I won't stop updating. Please subscribe!

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